New Ulm weekly review., 1887-05-04

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" strong to bear your weight. Place
the line over a hook or post but do
not make it fast. We will hold the
end, so fear not. The line will be
withdrawn after you descent, so that
no one will discover the manner Of
! your escape. There will be no moon.
Before day break you will be on a
vessel under way for England.
! If you can devise any other
means, or have any suggestions
| to make, you can communicate as
before; we will pass nightly, until we
have some token from you. One OF
us will ascend to assist in your descent,
if you desire it. May God. to whom
you have prayed. nerve you to your
! task
The next night we received the fol-
| lowing answer:
II will provide the ladder, which
you will pull toward you by the cord.
I have a trusted eunuch who will as
sist me, as his life belongs to me-.
Think we'll OF The danger. / have no
right to place you in jeopardy. In
case OF discovery a rope ladder upon
| you would prove your guilt; you
would be seized and disposed OF, none
would know how, except the head
man. Your crime and mine are pun
ishable by death. My life is nothing,
nor would I be missed, but you have
loved ones at home. Should you
change your mind on the night
appointed, God have mercy upon
me! will not live to see the
| light another day. have often medi-
tated this act. I have felt that God,
to whom always prayed, would de-
liver me, and that Iwould be allowed
to thank him in his sanctuary. II
you do not find the cord, you may
know that have been betrayed. If
all is safe, the cord will be Weighted
with silken purse containing jewels
to reward you and to assist me in my
escape. Should you not find this
token, it will be because I have been
discovered. Then be on your guard
against assassination. I shall not
look for you until the hour named"
My friend, Captain H, had fall
en- most desperately in love. / say
desperately, because he neither slept,
ate nor drank; nor would he
give me any rest. It was reassur-
ing to me to see fellow so far gone; I
had thought myself the only one who
| could be so t.aracked." He was al
ways at my heels and had become my
| shadow. Learned his whole history.
The cause Of his going to sea was the
removal of faxen-haired, blue-eyed
schoolmate who had been his beloved
little friend from his earliest memory.
| Her parents had moved to Moscow,
and thence, as he was informed, to
Odessa, from which port he had last
sailed, with a cargo Of grain from
Falmouth for orders. At Odessa he
| made the most searching inquiries, and
learned that a family of the same name
had gone to Alexandria about six
years previous. He had been, until
| our present adventure, remarkably
quiet and diffident. He had told me
that his difdence arose from the fact
he was almost woman-hater, and
that he never expected to be happy
until he found his early love, whom
he last saw when she was eleven and
he twelve years OF age. His interest
in the fair captive was doubtless
aroused by the fact that she strongly
resembled his early love.
The eventtul night arrived. I gave
a supper at the hotel to allay any sus-
picion. Supper was ordered for twen-
ty, and was served at eleven O'Clock,
which meant an all night spree.
Wine flowed freely, and had it's ef-
feet upon our friends. At 12 o'clock,
by a preconcerted arrangement, a note
was handed to me by aservant. Ipre-
tended that it had. been sent by my
second officer and that it announced
that my chief officer had killed one of
the crew. Apologizing for my sudden
departure, l promised to return as
soon as possible, and finish the night.
My friend, Captain II insisted up
on going with me. I protested, but
he was obstinate, and finally as the
company insisted that it was not safe
to go alone, we two separated in COM
pany.
We arrived at the gate in our usual
apparently drunken condition, feed
the guard literally and pass
ed through. A few minutes
later we returned and had our cigars
and lanterns lighted, pretending that
the latter had been put out ac-
cidentally. They were so ready in as
sisting us that we gave them another
handful Of piasters, and made them
| understand that they were not to al
low any one to follow us. They
earnestly promised and we started
again, our hearts almost bursting
with rapid pulsation. We found the
cord; a purse was at the end OF it.
| So far all was: safe.
Running to- the further gate as
quickly as possible, we repeated our
former strategy Of brides, and the
guards there promised that while we
were in the street nobody should pass
them. Thus we had the field to our
selves, with gaurds on either hand to
protect us from interference.
We returned to the spot where the
purse lay. It was readily discovered
by reason its brilliancy, being work
ed in gold and silver threads. Astout
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